algae explosion

I have an 80 gallon pond that I started last year. All last year had very good luck with clear water and well balanced environment. This year, I cleaned out all the leaves from fall/winter, changed about 1/3 of the water, put the plants I overwintered inside back in, started the pump and everything was looking good. All of a sudden on one of our first 70 degree days the pond had a burst of what I think is string algae. The walls, rocks, everything is covered in green goo with little air bubbles trapped in it and green strings floating up to the surface. I do have two goldfish in the pond who seem to be doing well, and a toad who has just laid many strings of eggs. Should I hold off on treating the algae with a barley ball or hydrogen peroxide and let the baby toads clean it up? Will the algae choke the oxygen supply and hurt the fish and toad eggs? Any advice is very much appreciated!!

Start the barley ball and let the tadpoles do their thing. You might not need the hydrogen peroxide at all. The algae won't harm anything except your view! If the string algae gets too bad, while the tadpoles & barley get started, I would make sure the goldfish have some swimming space by removing some string algae by hand. Patience is key - and difficult!

Good plan! Thanks for the advice :)

Snapple is right, the barley won't bother the toad-poles at all....and it's a good way to get it started. The decomposing takes a while, so one will replace the other....

I am happy to report that the toad eggs all of a sudden have tails and are swimming around! The algea hasn't gotten any worse; I think my little filter is keeping up with it since I'm cleaning it out twice a day. I also have snail eggs everywhere, so it looks like I'll have a little army of cleaners soon, which is good because I could not find barley balls at Lowe's or my local water garden place. I think I'll try E-bay next. Thanks!

They are indeed on Ebay....as is (occasionally barley extract, ok, but IMO not quite as good) ....but it also is in the pond section of PetSmart or other pet shops that carry pond items.

Tadpoles, non-stop eaters! Glad yours made it!

Watch so the snails don't take over, you'll have nasty slime balls everywhere....